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Published on 7 October, 2014

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Under the Patronage ofH.E. Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

Minister of FinanceMinister in charge of Oil and Gas Affairs

Kingdom of Bahrain

Ethylene Middle East Technology Conference

www.ethylene-me.com

19th October 2014: Welcome Reception20th & 21st October: Conference & Exhibition

Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain

Meeting Technical Challenges in the Ethylene Industry through Efficient & Sustainable Technology

EMET 2014 Chairman

Dr. Halim Hamid RedhwiCEO (A), Dhahran Techno-Valley Company (DTVC)Professor, ChE, KFUPM

EMET 2014 is the ideal event for professionals looking to develop their technical knowledge and optimize their position in the fast evolving Ethylene industry through increased operational efficiency, sustainability and excellence.

This event will bring together technical experts from all over the world to share their practical experiences, innovative ideas and strategies for reducing costs, maximizing returns and value creation on issues related to planning, design, operations and maintenance.

Conference Topics - Latest Developments in Olefin Production

Technologies and Catalysts for increased Product Yield

- Operational Efficiency & Sustainability

- Process Safety, Maintenance & Reliability

- Feedstock Availability and Challenges with Emerging Resources Improving Process Performance of Ethylene Crackers

- Latest trends in Design, Engineering & Construction

- Improving Process Performance of Ethylene Crackers

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Advisory Committee

Asaad Ahmad Al-Saad, CEO, PIC (Kuwait)Dr. Mohammed Yousef Al-Mulla, Vice Chairman & CEO, QAPCOMohammad Husain, CEO, EQUATEMusab Al-Mahruqi, CEO, OrpicAdel Almoayyed, Chairman, Board of Directors, BapcoEsam F. Himdy, CEO & Managing Director, Sahara Petrochemicals CompanySaid M. Bajodah, Executive President, SCP & JCP, S-ChemMohammad Al-Bibi, President, TASNEE Petrochemicals ComplexIbrahim Al Zaabi, Vice President, Olefins and Utilities, Borouge

Ziad Al-LabbanCEOSadara Chemical Company

Advisory Committee Chairman

Abdullah Saif Al-Saadoon, President, Operations, SipchemFayez M Alsharef, Director, Chemicals Business, Saudi AramcoFahad A Al-Sherehy, General Manager, Technology Management Chemicals SBU, SABICYasuhiko Kitaura, Sr. Vice President, Manufacturing, Petro RabighHasan Dandashly, CEO, Downstream Technology Solutions, GE Oil & GasJohn Hague, Senior Vice President & Managing Director (MENA), Aspen TechnologyDr. Tobias Scheele, SVP SimSci - Design, Simulation & Optimization, Schneider ElectricJean-Paul Laugier, Vice President, Ethylene Product Line, TechnipDr. Zuhair Allawi, President, DOW Saudi Arabia CompanyStephen Stanley, Vice President, Olefins Business Group, CB&IAman A. Ahmad, Director Technology Sales, Middle East & Africa, KBRDr. Pierce Riemer, Director General, World Petroleum Council

Technical Committee

Uwaidh Al-HarethiVice President Global Procurement,Shared Services, SABIC

Technical Committee Chairman

Dhafir Ali Al Shehri, Lead Planning Engineer, Business & Services Commercial/Planning, SADARA Chemical CompanyMisfer Al-Ghamdi, Operational Consultant, SABIC Pascal Coenen, Licensing Technical Manager, Shell Global SolutionsDr. Pol Hoorelbeke, Vice President, Safety Division, Total Refining & Chemicals

David Thomas, Principal Consultant, Ethylene Optimization, Schneider ElectricSatyam Mishra, Global Marketing Manager, Ethylene and Natural Gas Adsorbents, UOPAhmed Al Mehrezi, Ethylene Unit Manager, BorougeJim Brigman, Managing Director, Ingenero Inc.Nafees Ahmad, Area Process Engineer, TASNEEAhmad Hamad, Sales Application Engineer 4, OG-DTS Downstream Technology Solutions, GE Oil & GasSaurabh Shende, Manager-Technical Services, Dorf Ketal Chemical (I) Pvt. LimitedDr. Muhammad Muhammadieh, Regional Business Development Manager, Petrochemical Plants Linde AGJames Armour, Regional Manager - Middle East, Engineered Products, Elliott GroupSandeep Goel, Director - Business Development, CB&ISteve Waring, Operations Manager, Ethylene/MPH, S-Chem

19th October 20th October 21st October7:00

Registration and Breakfast Registration and Breakfast7:00

7:30 7:308:00 8:008:30 Conference Opening and Exhibition

Inauguration Keynote Session8:30

9:00 9:009:30 Coffee Break 9:30

10:00

Keynote Session

Coffee Break 10:0010:30

Technical Session Stream 1

Technical Session Stream 2

10:3011:00 11:0011:30 11:30

12:00

Lunch Company Presentations Lunch Company

Presentations

12:00

12:30 12:30

13:00 13:00

13:30 13:30

14:00Technical Session

Stream 1Technical Session

Stream 2 Closing Keynote Session

14:00

14:30 14:30

15:00 15:00

15:30 Coffee Break 15:30

16:00

RegistrationTechnical Session

Stream 1Technical Session

Stream 2

Raffle Draw 16:00

16:30 16:30

17:00 17:00

17:30 Raffle Draw 17:30

18:00

Welcome Reception

18:00

18:30 18:30

19:00 Gala Dinner 19:00

Agenda at a Glance

20th October 20147:00 onwards Registration

Registration will open at 7:00 at the Gulf Hotel Convention Center.

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7:00 - 8:45 Breakfast

Complimentary breakfast will be available for all registered delegates until 8:30.

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8:45 - 9:15 Conference Opening

H.E Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance and Minister in charge of Oil and Gas Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

Ziad Al-Labban, CEO, Sadara Chemical Company and EMET 2014 Advisory Committee Chairman

9:15 - 9:30 Exhibition Inauguration H.E Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance and Minister in charge of Oil and Gas Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break Sponsored by:

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Technical Program

19th October 201416:00 Registration

Registration for delegates will open the day before the conference at the Gulf Hotel.

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18:00 Welcome Reception

The Welcome Reception will enable all participants to meet and network in a relaxed atmosphere enjoying refreshments and canapés.

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10:00- 12:00 Keynote Session

Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, Executive Vice President, Chemicals, SABIC (TBC)Salem Al Subayee, Division Head, Saudi Aramco ChemicalsAbdullah Al-Suwailem, CEO, Petro RabighHasan Dandashly, CEO, Downstream Technology Solutions, GE Oil & GasJohn Derbyshire, President, KBR TechnologySanjay Sharma, Managing Director, Middle East & India, IHS Chemical Consulting

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12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

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Technical Program

12:00 - 14:00 Company PresentationsEntry to these sessions is at the discretion of the presenting company

12:00 - 12:40 Technip12:30 - 13:10 Schneider Electric12:40 - 13:20 KBR Technology 13:10 - 13:50 GE Oil & Gas

Stream 1 Stream 2

14:00 - 15:30 Ethylene: The full circle history filled with uncertainty

David Bronikowski, Sadara Chemical Company

New Approach for anticoking technologies qualification for Ethylene Furnaces

Ahmed Al Zenaidi, SABIC

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Middle East Cracker Feedstacks - How do you solve a problem like Ethane?

Dr. Richard Charlesworth, IHS Chemicals

Inspection and remnant life assessment of ethylene cracker tubesKevin Stevens, Quest Integrity

Improving process performance of ethylene crackers through close cooperation between technology provider, operations and catalyst supplierErnesto Angueira, CRI Catalysts

Driving the last 20% of safety and reliability: New innovations in engineering modeling software to optimize processes for safetySaif Sheikh, Aspen Technology

Versalis Priolo Ethylene Plant, major upgrade projectRiccardo Fabbri, GE Oil & Gas

Software driven real-time tracking of DSG foulingMangesh Shenwai, Ingenero

The development and application of coatings for Ethylene cracker rotating equipment to reduce fouling and corrosion

Phillip Dowson, Elliott Group

Selective hydrogenation - Fundamental catalyst Principles and new product developmentDr. Gareth Headdock, Johnson Matthey

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break Sponsored by:

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Technical Program

16:00 - 17:30 Stream 1 Stream 2

Improving Compressor Reliability with Advanced Dorf Ketal Chemical Treatment

Erwin J. Leitner, Dorf Ketal

Catalyzed-Assisted Manufacture of Olefins (CAMOL): Innovative Technology to Improve Steam Cracker Operating Efficiency

Craig B. Ostroff, BASF Qtech

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Improvement in efficiency of ethylene plants by removal of black powder and other contaminants in furnace feedsRam Venkatadri, Pall Corporation

Value Cracking: A method for maximizing revenues of Naphtha CrackersDr. Heinz Zimmermann, Linde Engineering

Disruptive change in performance support and training through design, simulation and optimizationGraham Provost, Schneider Electric

Methane loop for start-up and shut-down of a steam cracker

Dharmendra Narang, Technip

CGC Inter Stage Cooler Fouling and its renedial approach to avoid unplanned shutdownNafees Ahmad, TASNEE

Maximizing feed to the Ethylene unit at S-ChemAltaf Khan, Aspen Technology

Optimising the Bottom Line Result of your Steam Cracker, Centralloy® HT E

Cor Visser, Schmidt+Clemens Group

Working TogetherPhilip Edwards, SABIC

Technip’s SFT® Radiant Coil

Technology

Marco van Goethem, Technip

Process Engineering role in equipment inspection for Ethylene plant

Vishal Karate, Sadara Chemical Company

17:30 Raffle Draw Sponsored by:

19:00 Gala Dinner Sponsored by:

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Technical Program

21st October 20147:00 onwards Registration

Registration will open at 7:00 at the Gulf Hotel Convention Center. Sponsored by:

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Complimentary breakfast will be available for all registered delegates until 8:30.

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8:30 - 8:35 Welcome Address Dr. Halim Redhwi, CEO (A), Dharan Techno-Valley CompanyEMET 2014 Chairman

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8:35 - 10:00 Keynote SessionModerator: Dr. Pierce Riemer, Director General, World Petroleum Council Asaad Ahmad Al-Saad, CEO, PICAli Vezvaei, Senior VP, Linde AG, Engineering, Member of the Board, Linde Eng. Middle East Stephen Stanley, VP – Olefins Business Group, CB&IAndy Gosse, Vice President, CRI Catalyst CompanyArt Titus, Chief Operating Officer, Elliott Group

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break Sponsored by:

Stream 1 Stream 2

10:30 - 12:00 Creating the agile and adaptive workforce through operational intelligence

Altaf Khan, Aspen Technology

Technical challenge of compressors and steam turbines for mega ethylene plant Satoshi Hata, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation

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Maximizing Profitability through Olefin Plants Flexibility as an Enabler for Sustainable Development and Future Competitiveness in the Petrochemical IndustryMatthew Smith, KBR Technology

A new decoke scheme for Ethylene cracking furnaces to meet the challenges of stringent environmental emissionJohan van der Eijk, Technip

Extending furnace run length and extending coil life through decoking procedure optimizationVinod Mishra, Ingenero

Contaminant removal for improved process reliability in Ethylene PlantsSatyam Mishra, UOP

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Stream 1 Stream 2

Better combustion control with live O2 and CO analysis, using Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) Gas Analysers in radiant sections on an Ethylene cracker furnace Jan Hordijk, Servomex

Feed gas compressor system fouling and corrosion – monitoring and mitigationB.S.RAO, Ingenero

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Cooling Water GRP Network

Ramireddy Annapureddy, TASNEE

HRC(II) Energy Saving Coating Materials

Toyofumi Ogura, Nippon Netsuhoshazai Kenkyusho

Enhanced heat transfer solutions

Thomas Lang, Wieland

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

12:00 - 14:00 Company PresentationsEntry to these sessions is at the discretion of the presenting company

12:00 - 12:40 Linde12:30 - 13:10 AspenTech12:40 - 13:20 Elliott13:10 - 13:50 Dorf Ketal

14:00 - 15:30 Closing Keynote SessionModerator: Ziad Al-Labban, Chief Executive Officer, Sadara Chemical CompanyHiroaki Osaki, President, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor CorporationJohn Hague, Senior VP & Managing Director (MENA), Aspen TechnologyZuhair Allawi, President, DOW (Saudi Arabia)Jim Foster, Editorial Director, Petrochemical Analysis, Platts

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15:30 Raffle Draw Sponsored by:

For more information on EMET 2014, contact:Ms. Raunaq Jamal - Project LeadEmail: raunaq@mee-events.com

Tel: +971 4427 0739 Website: www.ethylene-me.com